Obediah Brown III (1811 - 1861)

Born 22 Jan 1811 in Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza Maria (Grover) Brown — married 7 Feb 1833 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1861 at age 50 in Missouri, United States

Biography

When Obediah Brown was born on January 22, 1811, in New York City, New York, his father, Obediah, was 29 and his mother, Clarissa, was 21. He married Eliza Maria Grover on February 7, 1833, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.^[1] They had 11 children:

• Lorinda Sue Brown (1835–1875)
• Mariah Grover Brown (1839–1923)
• George W. Brown (1840–1842)
• Missouri Ann Brown (1842–1914)
• Oscar Brown (1844–1911)
• Amanda Brown (1847–1880)
• Alice Brown (1851–1905)
• Laura Brown (1851–1931)
• Flora Belle Brown (1853–1931)
• Obediah Brown, IV (1856–1865)
• Daniel Newhall Brown (1858–1928)

He died unexpectedly (see below) on December 3, 1861, in Platte City, Missouri, at the age of 50, and was buried in Ferrelview, Missouri.^[2]

Dec 3 1861^[3]
Obed Brown and Silas Gordon were friends but Brown was drunk. In the middle of Main Street, Gordon was standing with the breech of his musket resting on the ground. Brown worried Gordon with his drunken talk, and Gordon pushed the barrel of the musket against Brown's head. The latter staggered and went off to a shed and lay down. A fire was built for his comfort, but in the morning he was unconscious, and died the 6th inst. Obed Brown was a son of Obed Brown and was a man of sound judgement and an industrious, honest and successful farmer.

BURIAL^[4]
Second Creek Cemetery
Ferrelview, Platte County, Missouri

Sources

1. ↑ Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993; Obadiah Brown Junr. to Eliza Grover, FHL Film Number 2111101, Reference ID: it 1, p 78
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262168518373/facts
3. ↑ Pg 320 text 'Annals of Platte co MO by Paxton' which is digitized online. In that text he is Obed Brown.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60013518

• Year: 1840; Census Place: Platte, Missouri; Roll: 228; Page: 134; Family History Library Film: 0014857

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Carroll, Platte, Missouri; Roll: M432_410; Page: 415A; Image: 264

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Carroll, Platte, Missouri; Roll: M653_640; Page: 568; Family History Library Film: 803640

• Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988; Obediah Brown, Probate Date: 1 May 1862, Probate Place: Platte, Missouri

• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907; Obadiah Brown, Issue Date: 10 Feb 1835, Place: Huntington, Indiana, Document Number 2708